Father Maximus - Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church

Sometimes grace sows humility in a person’s heart and makes his thought
lower than dust and ashes.
Sometimes it causes him to shed tears through the remembrance of his sins.
Sometimes it makes recitation of the Psalms sweet to his heart, giving him
facility and enjoyment in his lengthy service.
Sometimes it makes him love frequent prostrations, stirring up in him
impulses of sorrow and humility, or of joy and confidence.
Sometimes it consoles him with dreams; he should be wary of these,
however wonderful they may be, because of the Adversary.
Sometimes it stimulates him with the remembrance of the saints and their
labors and accomplishments, giving him the fervent desire to emulate their labors.
Sometimes it reproaches him with the remembrance of his faults and how
grace has borne him patiently like a loving nurse, and in this recollection he will
shed tears of sorrow and of joy. Here, if grace were not sustaining the heart, he
would expire because of the multitude of burning tears.
Sometimes it grants him constant praises and delight in them.
Sometimes it causes him to love constant reading and mingles tears or
delight with it.
Sometimes it brings the life of our Lord to his mind, and he becomes
humbled but joyful; or it portrays the Passion to him and causes passionate tears to
flow without measure from his eyes.